LEGO City Fire Plane 60217 Building Kit (363 Pieces)

recommended again and again, love this set

Good medium sized set. Took about 45 minutes. Good minifigs and the airplace is really neat once complete. Good set to add to City.

Most kids are going to be super happy with this set, the essentials of which comprise a water bomber, a jeep with a water gun, and little wobbly clumps of fire that you bomb and shoot. That really is about all most people are going to care about. You probably cant go wrong with the set. Design-wise, the set is very simplified, with generous use of large one piece bricks (e.g., a giant cockpit piece, a giant tail piece, and so forth). If you care about Lego as a building experience, this is not the set for you. Youll be done with it in 15 to 20 minutes. I would have much preferred if Lego had designed the aircraft along the lines of some of their Indiana Jones aircraft (e.g., sets 7198 and 7628). In some ways the aircraft are a bit clunkier when rendered in bricks, and they fall apart a bit more easily, but youre not left with a City aircraft that looks just like a bunch of other City airplanes and helicopters. They are more distinctive and more fun to build. As to accuracy, the water bomber approximates the old Canadair CL-415. I appreciate the use of squared-off wing tips, just like the CL-415, but the Lego version could have done with wing fences and more elegant floats. The cockpit is all wrong, and the tail could have been made more accurate with the use of bricks rather than a three piece assembly. The giant sloped pieces on the wings are okay; at least you approximate an airfoil. I would have liked some attempt at retractable landing gear. The CL-415s gear is not terribly complicated and it would have added one more key play feature. I do like the use of blue flames as bomb-bay doors. Very ingenious. I also like the use of the bright light yellow bricks, an uncommon color that Lego could deploy more widely to good effect. This is not the first fire bomber set Lego has produced. They had a similar set, 4209, available from 2011 to 2013. It, too, had a one piece nose and simplified tail design. This new version does better with the wobbly flames (better for shooting/bombing) and includes the new water gun on the jeep. I think the new version is, overall, an improvement.

LEGO is well known as unparalleled quality, and this set lives up to all expectations. It’s so detailed and it sets imaginations free with playability. Typically, my son LOVES BUILDING these sets, but some times the play fizzles out after that. Not the case with this set, it has a wonderfully fun “water” feature that dumps LEGO “water droplets” on pretend fires from the belly of the plan. With this kid, it’s brought a new level of imagination and fun to his existing LEGO city, now buildings get set ablaze, and the fire and police are quick to respond. It’s added hours of replay ability to his other sets. Quality: A+ Design: A + Price: B Overall: A

My nephew loved the airplane! Its more than a static object as it can be used to play missions.

Durable and well manufactured. Definitely not a cheap piece of equipment. Works as intended.

Legos are for adults to do with children to help them to learn how to organize and follow directions. This is really too hard and frustrating for a six year old to do on their own.

The plane itself is worth the cost of the whole box. It was a gift for my son, and he loves it. While he can put together more complicated sets, this was a good challenge for him. He did it in about an hour or so. The water droplets shooter is especially clever and cool. This is still played with often; even today, I hate to pick this up from the floor and its been a month or two since it arrived!

My husband enjoyed assembling this, and my 4.5 y/o son has had so much fun playing with it. He tried helping his dad put it together, but his little hands just dont have the required dexterity (its intended for children ages 6 and older). My husband was a little overwhelmed initially as there are so many little pieces, but they came in several bags, each with their own set of directions so it was really quite manageable. Once assembled, it turned out to be a really great play set. Between the plane, jeep, firemen, fire, trees, etc., my son gets really involved with acting out fire rescue missions. This is definitely a hit at our house.

This is a great LEGO set. It was fairly easy to build, without being boringly easy! It has been added to my growing LEGO city, where it fits in well. The quality is as you would expect, exceptional! The documentation is simply perfect. Ther fun? OPngoing! So be the best parent, aunt or uncle (or other relatives of friend) and give the gift that you know they will love, and go back to time and again.